China plans to go to the moon by 2030. Here's what's known about the mission and why it matters

More than 50 years after the last time humans walked on the moon, China is working steadily toward landing its astronauts on the lunar surface.
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China prepares to launch uncrewed Shenzhou as maiden...

China is preparing to launch an uncrewed Shenzhou spacecraft as its astronauts shuffle missions following damage to the ...
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China Has to Certify Long March 10 and Other Tasks for Human Mission 2030

Everything has to go right for China to launch a human moon mission in 2029 or even 2030. China is also building a new rocket and they have not assembled it yet or flown it. China is still ...
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China Discovers Something Unexpected in Moon Samples from the Far Side

Chinese scientists looking at the Moon samples brought back by the Chang'e-6 mission find evidence of micron-sized hematite ...
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China's rising influence in space prompts Senate to call for new US research institute in post-ISS era

As the International Space Station nears retirement, a bipartisan senatorial group proposed a National Institute for Space ...

China's Chang'e-6 Space Mission Discovers Tiny Iron Oxide Crystals On Moon

This study, based on samples for the first time, shows that highly oxidized minerals like hematite can exist on the Moon.
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Marooned no more! Stranded Chinese astronauts finally have a way home following launch of unmanned 'lifeboat'

China has launched an unmanned "lifeboat" to the Tiangong space station, ending a month-long fiasco. The spacecraft will ...